Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will temporarily delegate his powers to Public Service Minister Kamal Morjane to focus on the presidential campaign and to ensure equal opportunities for all candidates, he said on Thursday. The Sept. 15 vote follows the death at age 92 last month of Beji...

Aug. 10 marks a milestone in the Yemeni war in terms of the repercussions for the unity of Yemeni soil and the future of the Saudi-led Arab coalition. It was on that day the “Security Belt” of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a UAE-allied separatist group, took over the...

Algeria’s former Justice Minister Tayeb Louh appeared on Thursday before a Supreme Court judge investigating the corruption crimes.   According to Anadolu Agency correspondent, Louh -- one of the most prominent faces of the regime of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika --...

Several Egyptian rights groups urged a U.N. agency to rule out Egypt as the host of its conference on torture because of the country's dismal human rights record. The development came as Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi ratified Wednesday a controversial bill regulating the work of...